GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Billie Eilish continues to break new ground with her Disney+ debut Happier than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles, a cinematic… Read More »Billie Eilish at the Hollywood Bowl
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Michael S. Eddy chats with TV lighting designer John “JD” Daniels, with credits that include the Billboard Latin Music Awards and the Latin American Music Awards shows.
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LD Fred Bock on Relighting The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon When New York City shut down in mid-March 2020 to stem the spread of… Read More »Back in the Studio with Jimmy Fallon
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If you watch network TV or live stream web shows, chances are you’ve seen the Lighting Design Group (LDG) at work. The multiple Emmy award-winning… Read More »The Lighting Design Group Looks Through the Lens at LEDs
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LD Frank Gatto Lights UFC 229 with Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov he three-time Emmy award-winning Frank Gatto & Associates, based in Boca Raton, FL… Read More »Fight Night: Khabib vs. McGregor
Read More »Production Support Group and Collaborators Weigh In on Sport Fishing’s Biggest Event of the Year Earn a living bass fishing? Fishing for a living? What… Read More »The 2018 Bassmaster Classic
Read More »LED tape has been a staple on live events for quite some time. It’s mostly known for its use as eye candy that adds dimension… Read More »Using LED Tape as a Light Source in Cinematography
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The F Word, on Fox, Lit by Darran Webb
Although it appears to take place in a trendy, real-world restaurant, Fox’s hit food competition show, The F Word, starring celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, is actually shot live and in real-time on a Hollywood soundstage. Its massive, four-wall set rises 28 feet above the floor and includes multiple dining alcoves, a large balcony, a semicircular bar and an open, fully functioning kitchen.
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800 Elation Fixtures Play Dominant Role in Production Design
The Eurovision Song Contest is a unique experience in the world of entertainment made all the more special by use of some of the largest lighting and video systems you’ll find on any show.
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Remember when MTV played music? Back when MTV launched in 1981, I was in college and procrastinated away many an hour watching music videos on the channel. Over time, MTV tried a lot of different things and reality TV was the one thing that stuck. Airing music became mostly a thing of the past, until now. In 2016, MTV brought music back in a big way when, for the first time in 20 years, they began producing a live music show called Wonderland.
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Two Projects are Inspired by the 1984 Talking Heads Concert Film’s Looks
In 1984, The Talking Heads released a concert movie like no other, Stop Making Sense. The film, directed by Jonathan Demme in close collaboration with David Byrne, captured the band toward the end of their tour over three nights at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Widely considered one of the best concert films ever made, Demme used the live performances to really showcase the band’s music and their highly theatrical style.
As Major League Baseball (MLB) heads into the playoffs, we thought it should be noted how good the New York Yankees have looked this season… that is to say how good they’ve looked under the new lights at Yankee Stadium. Prior to the 2016 season, the Yankees organization completely replaced its High Intensity Discharge (HID) sports lighting with a fully LED-based lighting system. Through this lighting retrofit process, they seriously cut their energy bills and significantly improved the quality of the on-field lighting for both the fans and the players.